finding my way home

I made a few changes to a recipe I found here: http://dessert.food.com/recipe/peach-cobbler-31901 Namely, I used Quince from our tree that I peeled and then sliced and simmered in a shallow pan until soft like peaches. They simmered with two cinnamon sticks and some brown sugar. The recipe called for 1 cup of flour, 1 … [Read more…]

As well as a lone cucumber and zucchini (I blame the dog) we had numerous peppers – still laden on the plants – and there is an additional canning pot full of Quince. Some Quince brought out by the boys for the picture. There is an amazing northern wind blowing today bending all the greenery … [Read more…]

As well as a lone cucumber an zucchini (I blame the dog) we had numerous peppers – still laden on the plants – and there is an additional canning pot full of Quince. Some Quince brought out by the boys for the picture. There is an amazing northern wind blowing today bending all the greenery … [Read more…]

In LotRO tonight I killed some things, killed some other things and got silver. It’s actually quite a bit of fun to play but can get monotonous. It’s really the community that makes it so awesome, and the scenery, and the player houses, and my pointy ears… anyhow — first of all, me Elledhil, about … [Read more…]

Cloudy, misty and cool. My favourite weather. The wind is picking up and the sun dried leaves are now rustling loudly in the chilly wind. And we are at the park. Stopped in after school for a play break. The kids are so big now. Climbing all over the equipment that I used to have … [Read more…]

New home near my Kinnies! I sent the money from my not-much-used toons to my main toon. She is still low level (18) but I've been having a lot of fun. The Kinship I am with, The Golden Mallorn is really great. Wonderful group of people – we have Kin houses in each land, Thorin's … [Read more…]

Starting the OBOD Course, My materials came in yesterday, after a bit of a long wait for them to travel across the sea (they came from the UK. I'm happy to finally have them in, not that I feel as though it is the missing link I've been waiting for all of my life, however … [Read more…]

Alright, try #2 Diaspora lets me put carious images randomly in my post using markdown. Unlike Facebook or G+, where you can only attach images to a post. I can cross post to Tumblr, WordPress, Twitter and Facebook. So in this test post, I am going to post to WordPress, which cross posts to Tumblr … [Read more…]

This is a test I'm sort of interested to find out a quick and easy way to cross post to various sites I don't really like (but friends are at) while being able to write from a site I enjoy and support. So.. testing another way to do this. This post is coming from Diaspora, … [Read more…]